Balotelli attacks Iwobi over anti-immigration stand

Footballer, Mario Balotelli, has attacked Senator Tony Iwobi, for standing in the Italian elections for far-right anti-immigrant league party.

Iwobi, a Nigerian, recently became the first black to win election into Italian senate representing the Northern Industrial City of Brescia considered a major immigration hub in Italy. His party, The League, is at the forefront of opposition to illegal migration into Italy.

‘Maybe I’m blind or maybe they haven’t told him that he’s black yet. Disgrace!’ Balotelli wrote on Tuesday in a post that was subsequently removed.

Balotelli, who was born in Palermo to Ghanaian parents and has played 33 times for Italy, has long been a target for racist abuse.

Iwobi has long argued along with League leader Matteo Salvini that increased racism in Italy should be blamed on illegal immigration.